SESSION A1 [ME]: SYMPOSIUM ON COHERENT PHENOMENA IN CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS: 1: COHERENT CONTROL IN CHEMISTRY

8:30
A1 1 ME1 (Invited) Controlling the future of matter
Kent R. Wilson, Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0339. E-mail: krwilson@ucsd.edu.

9:00
A1 2 ME2 (Invited) Control of molecular photoionization
Yi-Yian Yin*, Rana Shehadeh, Daniel Elliott*, Edward Grant, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907. Internet: egrant@chem.purdue.edu. *School of Electrical Engineering.

SESSION A2 [MF]: SYMPOSIUM ON PHYSICS OF SEMICONDUCTOR VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS: 1

8:30
A2 1 MF1 (Invited) Semiconductor quantum wire nanostructures in microcavity lasers
Arturo Chavez-Pirson, H. Ando, H. Saito, H. Kanbe, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) Basic Research Laboratories, 3-1 Morinosato Wakamiya, Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa 243-01, Japan. Internet: chavez@wave.ntt.jp.

9:00
A2 2 MF2 (Invited) Coherent energy transfer in microcavity lasers
Galina Khitrova, Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721. Bitnet: schadler@ccit.arizona.edu.

9:30
A2 3 MF3 Exciton dynamics in microcavity semiconductor lasers
Tu Zhang, Ned Tabatabaie, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1415 Johnson Drive, Madison, WI 53706. E-mail: zhang@landau.ece.wisc.edu.

10:00
A2 4 MF4 Dynamic behavior of a microcavity laser with external injection
Lua Li, Timothy L. Lucas, John G. McInerney,* Center for High Technology Materials, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131. E-mail: huali@chtm.eece.unm.edu. *University College Cork, Ireland.

SESSION A3 [MG]:SYMPOSIUM ON PHOTOREFRACTIVE POLYMERS

8:30
A3 1 MG1 (Invited) Photorefractive polymers and their applications
Gary C. Bjorklund, W. E. Moener, Scott M. Silence, John J. Stankus, IBM Almaden Research Center, 650 Harry Road, San Jose, CA 95120.

9:00
A3 2 MG2 (Invited) A new highly-efficient PVK-based photorefractive polymer
K. Meerholz, B. Volodin, Sandalphon, B. Kippelen,* N. Peyghambarian, Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721. E-mail: haribo@ccit.arizona.edu. *I.P.C.M.S., France.

9:30
A3 3 MG3 (Invited) Physics of photorefractive polymers
Stephen Ducharme, Martin Liphardt, Arosha Goonesekera, Brian Jones, James M. Takacs, *Lei Zhang,*Department of Physics and Astronomy, Center for Materials Research and Analysis, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0111. *Department of Chemistry.

SESSION A4 [MH]: SYMPOSIUM ON TIME-RESOLVED INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY 1:3 CONDENSED PHASE DYNAMICS

8:30
A4 1 MH1 (Invited) Transient mid-IR spectroscopy in conjugated polymers
Lewis J. Rothberg, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ 07974. E-mail: ljr@physics.att.com.

9:00
A4 2 MH2 IR hole-burning in disordered ammonium salts
Herbert L. Strauss, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720. E-mail: hls@hafnium.cchem.berkeley.edu.

9:30
A4 3 MH3 Broadband IR studies of ultrafast metal-carbonyl photochemistry
Edwin J. Heilweil, Thomas P. Dougherty, W. Tandy Grubbs, Molecular Physics Division, Physics Laboratory, B268 Building 221, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. Internet: ejh@tiber.nist.gov.

10:00
A4 4 MH4 Vibrational dynamics of hydrogen atoms on silicon surfaces
Phillipe Guyot-Sionnest, Pao-Hung Lin, James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, 5640 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637.

10:30
B1 1 MQ1 (Invited) State selection using frequency-swept laser pulses
Joseph S. Melinger, Warren S. Warren,*Naval Research Laboratory, Code 6613, Washington, DC 20375. E-mail:Melinger@radef.nrl.navy.mil. *Princeton University.

11:00
B1 2 MQ2 (Invited) Coherent preparation of vibrational levels with cw and pulsed lasers: recent progress and new experiments
Klaas Bergmann, Fachbereich Physik der Universitt, 67653 Kaiserslautern, Germany. Internet:bergmann@sun.rhrk.uni-kl.de.

SESSION B3 [MR]: SYMPOSIUM ON OPTICAL-INDUCED COHERENCES IN SEMI-CONDUCTORS: 1

10:30
B3 1 MR1 (Invited) Polarization-dependent coherent spectroscopy of excitons in quantum wells
J. Kuhl, E.J. Mayer, G.O. Smith, D. Bennhardt,*T. Meier,*A. Schulze,*P. Thomas,*R. Hey,**K. Ploog, **Max-Planck-Institut fur Festkorperforschung, Heisenbergstr. 1, 70569 Stuttgart,Germany. E-mail:KUHL@servix.mpi-stuttgart.mpg.de. *S. W. Koch Philipps University, Germany. **Paul-Drude Institut fur Festkorperelektronik, Germany.

11:00
B3 2 MR2 (Invited) Nonlinear optical response from excitation-induced dephasing and biexcitons in GaAs
Hailin Wang, K. B. Ferrio, *D. G. Steel,*Jagdeep Shah, T. C. Damen, L. N. Pfeiffer, AT&T Bell Laboratories, 101 Crawfords Corner Road, Holmdel, NJ 07733. E-mail: hailin@spin.att.com. *University of Michigan.

SESSION B4 [MS]: SYMPOSIUM ON TIME-RESOLVED INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY: 2

10:30
B4 1 MS1 (Invited) Generation and detection of fsec pulses of THz radiation
D. Grischkowsky, N. Katzenellenbogen, Oklahoma State University, 200 Eng. S, Stillwater, OK 74048.

11:00
B4 2 MS2 (Invited) Tunable IR picosecond pulses from 1.2 to 13 mm by parametric amplification
Winfried Daum, Institut fur Grenzflchenforschung und Vakuumphysik, Forschungszentrum Julich, D-52425 Julich, Germany. Internet: w.daum@kfa-juelich.de.

SESSION PL41 [MY]: ILS PLENARY: 1

11:30
PL4 1 MY1 (Plenary) Chemical dynamics seen through the vibrations
Robin M. Hochstrasser, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104.

BREAK

SESSION C'5 [MZ]: SYMPOSIUM ON ADVANCED OPTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS: IMAGING

13:00
C'5 1 MZ1 (Invited) Resolution in optical imaging of turbid biological tissues in vivo
M.J. Yadlowsky, J.M. Schmitt, A. Gandjbakhche, R.F. Bonner, National Institutes of Health, BEIP/NCRR, Building 13, Room 3W13, Bethesda, MD 20892.

13:30
C'5 2 MZ2 (Invited) Spectroscopy and imaging of brain and breast with diffusive light waves
B. Chance, A. Yodh*, M. O'Leary*, D.Boas*, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. *Department of Physics.

14:00
C'5 3 MZ3 (Invited) Time-resolved NIR study of pulse propagation and imaging in tissues for optical mammography
Feng Liu, B.B. Das, R.R. Alfano,*Department of Electrical Engineering, New York State Center for Advanced Technology for Ultrafast Photonic Materials and Applications, Institute of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers, Mediphotonics Laboratory, The City College of the City University of New York, New York, NY 10031.

Internet:liu@scisun.sci.ccny.cuny.edu. *Also with the Department of Physics.

14:30
C'5 4 MZ4 Effects of Fourier spatial filter on the temporal profiles of ultrashort laser pulses propagated through a turbid medium
Q.Z. Wang, X. Liang, L. Wang, P.P. Ho, R. R. Alfano, Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers, New York State Center for Advanced Technology for Ultrafast Photonic Materials and Applications, Departments of Physics and Electrical Engineering, The City College and Graduate School of The City University of New York, Convent Avenue at 138th Street, New York, NY 10031. E-Mail: zhen@scisun.ccny.cuny.edu.

14:45
C'5 5 MZ5 Frequency domain detection and localization of heterogeneities in tissue-like media
Jeffrey Reynolds, Simon Yeung, Andreas Przadka, James Walters, Keven Webb, Neal Gallagher, School of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1285. E-mail: jreynold@ecr.purdue.edu.

SESSION C6 [MEE]: SYMPOSIUM ON TIME-RESOLVED INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY: 3 GAS PHASE DYNAMICS

13:30
C6 1 MEE1 (Invited) IR control of molecular dissociation
James T. Muckerman, Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973-5000. Internet: muckerma@bnl.gov.

14:00
C6 2 MEE2 (Invited) Molecular dynamics through time-resolved ro-vibration spectroscopy
David S. King, Molecular Physics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899- 0001. E-mail: king@enh.nist.gov.

14:30
C6 3 MEE3 (Invited) Kinetics and dynamics measurements on the reactions of translationally and vibrationally excited reagents by time- resolved FTIR spectroscopy
P.A. Berg, C.A. Carere, J.J. Sloan, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1. Internet: sloanj@UWaterloo.CA. A

15:00
C6 4 MEE4 Collision assisted spectroscopy of highly vibrationally-excited HCN
J. Spencer Baskin, Alain Saury, Edwin Carrasquillo M., Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-5641. E-mail: chem5z@jetson,uh.edu. Supported by the NSF, R.A. Welch Foundation, ISSO, Energy Laboratory and the Environmental Institute at the University of Houston.

C6 5 MEE5 IR-UV double-resonance study of NO(X,v"=3) vibrational energy transfer
Ingrid J. Wysong, Hughes STX, PL/RKFA, Edwards AFB, CA 93534-7660. Internet: wysongi@scivx3.ple.af.mil.

SESSION C1 [MFF]: SYMPOSIUM ON COHERENT PHENOMENA IN CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS: COHERENT STATE PREPARATION: 2

13:30
C1 1 MFF1 (Invited) Coherent superposition states in large molecules
Peter M. Weber, Department of Chemistry, Box H, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912. E-mail: Peter_Weber@brown.edu.

14:00
C1 2 MFF2 Orbital alignment in photodissociation products by two-color photon interference
Andre D. Bandrauk, E. Aubanel, Laboratoire de Chimie Theorique, Universite de Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1K 2R1, Canada. Bitnet: kcya@udesvm.

14:15
C1 3 MFF3 Determination of weak decay rates via coherent coupling to a strong transition
Aaron S. Manka, Weapons Sciences Directorate, AMSMI-RD-WS-ST, Research, Development, and Engineering Center, U.S. Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5248. E-mail: drmordecai@aol.com.

14:30
C1 4 MFF4 Quantum control of wave-packet dynamics
Jeffrey L. Krause, Robert M. Whitnell, Kent R. Wilson, YiJing Yan, Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0339. E-mail: krwilson@ucsd.edu.

SESSION C2 [MGG]: SYMPOSIUM ON VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS: 2

13:30
C2 1 MGG1 (Invited) Reliability of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers fabricated by proton implantation
K. Tai, C.C. Wu, K.F. Huang, Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. E-mail: kct@cc.nctu.edu.tw.

14:00
C2 2 MGG2 Multilayer analysis of heat-flux spreading in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with semiconducting Bragg mirrors
Marek Osiski, Antonio Leal, Wodzimierz Nakwaski*, Center for High Technology Materials, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-6081. E-mail: osinski@chtm.unm.edu. *Technical University of Lodz, Poland.

14:15
C2 3 MGG3 Double-disk structure for output coupling in microdisk lasers
D.Y. Chu, S.L. Wu, S.T. Ho, M.K. Chin*, W. G. Bi*, H. Q. Hou**, C.W. Tu**, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The Technological Institute, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208. E-mail: sth@eecs.nwu.edu. *Nanyang Technological University, Republic of Singapore. **University of California, San Diego.

14:30
C2 4 MGG4 Output characteristics of optically-pumped vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers in an electric field
Xinqiao Wang, Steve D. Hersee, John G. McInerney*, Steve R. J. Brueck, Center for High Technology Materials, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131. E-mail: xqwang@chtm.eece.unm.edu. *University College Cork, Ireland.

14:45
C2 5 MGG5 Surface-emitting SHG based on intersubband transitions in n-type QWs
Rui Q. Yang, University of Toronto, 10 King's College Road, Toronto M5S 1A5 Canada. E-mail: yangrq@vrg.toronto.edu.

15:00
C2 6 MGG6 Dynamical behavior of a semiconductor laser with external cavity
Yun Liu*, Junji Ohtsubo, Faculty of Engineering, Shizuoka University, Johoku 3-5-1, Hamamatsu, 432 Japan. E-mail: ohtsubo@oeme.shizuoka.ac.jp. *Graduate School of Electronic Science and Technology.

SESSION C3 [MHH]: SYMPOSIUM ON ULTRAFAST PROBES WITH EXTREMELY HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION

13:30
C3 1 MHH1 (Invited) Picosecond high spatial resolution photoconductive probe development
Steve Williamson, Juongo Kim, John Nees*, John Whitaker*, Picometrix Laser & Electronic Instrumentation, Picometrix, Inc., P.O. Box 130243, Ann Arbor, MI 48113-0243. *University of Michigan.

14:00
C3 2 MHH2 (Invited) Ultrafast scanning probe microscopy towards ultrafast movies of moving atoms
S. Weiss, D. Botkin, D.F. Ogletree, M. Salmeron, D.S. Chemla, Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, CA 94720. E-mail: sweiss@ux5.lbl.gov.

14:30
C3 3 MHH3 Femtosecond near-field scanning optical microscope
S. Smith, B. G. Orr, R. Kopelman*, T. Norris**, Department of Physics, Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, 1006 IST Building, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2099. E-mail: ssmith@server.physics.lsa.umich.edu. *Also with the Department of Chemistry. **Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

14:45
C3 4 MHH4 Time-resolved nonlinear near-field micro-scopy of semiconductor microdisks
J.B. Stark, U. Mohideen, E. Betzig, R. . Slusher, AT&T Bell Laboratories, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ 07974. E-mail: jstark@physics.att.com.

15:00
C3 5 MHH5 Time-resolved photothermal displacement of metal surfaces
Ady Levy, Nabil M. Amer, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, IBM, Route 134, P.O. Box 218, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598.

15:15
C3 6 MHH6 (Invited) Ultrafast voltage contrast scanning probe microscopy
D.M. Bloom, A.S. Hou, F. Ho, B.A. Nechay, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.

16:00
D'6 1 MTT1 (Invited) Detection of pollutants by multiphoton ionization spectroscopy
Ulrich Boesl, Ralf Zimmermann, Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstr. 4, D-85747 Garching, Germany. E-mail: boesl@tuch.phys.chemie.tu-muenchen.de.

16:30
D'6 2 MTT2 Detection of combustion intermediates by VUV ionization spectroscopy
Sunita Satyapal, James H. Werner, Terrill A. Cool, Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853. I:sunita@msc.cornell.edu.

16:45
D'6 3 MTT3 Vacuum ultraviolet photoionization spectrometry for the investigation of hazardous emissions
Lisa Pfefferle, Department of Chemical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8286.

SESSION D'1 [MUU]: SYMPOSIUM ON COHERENT PHENOMENA IN CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS: COHERENT CONTROL IN CHEMISTRY: 2

16:00
D'1 1 MUU1 (Invited) Coherent and incoherent laser control of chemical dynamics
Moshe Shapiro, Department of Chemical Physics, The Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, 76100, Israel.

16:30
D'1 2 MUU2 (Invited) Multiple-pulse and phase-locked studies of coherence in chemical processes
P. Vohringer, D.C. Arnett, T.Y. Yang, N. F. Scherer, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323. E-mail: schere@a.chem.upenn.edu.

17:00
D'1 3 MUU3 Coherent control in the photodissociation of HI
Denis J. Gendron, Andreas Mank, John W. Hepburn, CMBLC, Deptartment of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue, Waterloo N2L 3G1 Canada. E-mail: DGENDRON@Watstar.chemistry.uwaterloo.ca.

17:15
D'1 4 MUU4 Quantum control of vibrational dynamics with tailored femtosecond pulses
Vladislav V. Iakovlev, Bern Kohler, Jeffrey L. Krause, Robert M. Whitnell, Kent R. Wilson, YiJing Yan*, Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0339. E-mail: bkohler@ucsd.edu. *Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China.

SESSION D'2 [MVV]: SYMPOSIUM ON NEW WAVELENGTH SOLID-STATE LASERS

16:00
D'2 1 MVV1 (Invited) New all-solid-state lasers from the UV to the mid-IR
L. Esterowitz, J. Pinto, G. Rosenblatt, Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20375.

16:30
D'2 2 MVV2 Possibilities and problems of $Ce^{3+}:La_{2}Be_{2}O_{5}$ as a tunable laser crystal
Y. M. Cheung, S. K. Gayen, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 07030. E-mail: Y1CHEUN1@VAXC.STEVENS-TECH.EDU.

16:45
D'2 3 MVV3 Photochemical stability and tunability of LiLuF4:Ce3+ UV active medium
M.A. Dubinskii, V.V. Semashko, A.K. Naumov, R. Yu. Abdulsabirov, S.L. Korableva, Kazan State University, 420008 Kazan, Russia. E-mail: root@scikgu.kazan.su.

17:00
D'2 4 MVV4 (Invited) High-powered diode-based visible lasers
G. J. Dixon, A. Said. Q. Zhang, Center for Research on Electro-Optics and Lasers, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32826.

SESSION D'3 [MWW]: SYMPOSIUM ON OPTICAL-INDUCED COHERENCES IN SEMICONDUCTORS: 2

16:00
D'3 1 MWW1 (Invited) Ultrafast electronic and vibrational dynamics in semiconductor nanocrystals
D.M. Mittleman, R.W. Schoenlein, J.J. Shiang, V.L. Colvin, A.P. Alivisatos, C.V. Shank, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, MS 70-193A, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720. E-mail: daniel@physics.berkeley.edu.

16:30
D'3 2 MWW2 Excitation-dependent polarization behavior of the four-wave mixing signal in MQWs
Shekhar Patkar, W. Sha, A.E. Paul, Arthur L. Smirl, Center for Laser Science and Engineering, 100 Iowa Advanced Technology Laboratories, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1000. I: art-smirl@.uiowa.edu.

16:45
D'3 3 MWW3 Femtosecond coherent spectroscopy of ZnCdSe/ZnSe quantum wells
A.J. Fischer, D.S. Kim, J. Hays, W. Shan, J.J. Song, D. B. Eason*, J. Ren*, J.F. Schetzina*, H. Luo**, J. K. Furdyna**, Center for Laser Research and Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078. *North Carolina State University. **University of Notre Dame.

17:00
D'3 4 MWW4 Femtosecond spectral hole-burning in InP quantum dots at room temperature
H. Giessen, B. Fluegel, G. Mohs, N. Peyghambarian, J.R. Sprague*, A.J. Nozik*, Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721. Internet: Giessen@CCIT.arizona.edu. *National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

SESSION D'4 [MXX]: SYMPOSIUM ON STRONG FIELDS IN NONLINEAR OPTICS

16:00
D'4 1 MXX1 (Invited) Renormalized nonlinear optical interactions in localized (atomic) and distributed (semiconductor) electronic media
T.K. Gustafson, Vivien Lee, Patrick Harshman, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720. Internet: tkg@eecs.berkeley.edu.

16:30
D'4 2 MXX2 (Invited) Nonlinear optics using electronically-induced transparency
S. E. Harris, Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.

17:00
D'4 3 MXX3 Electromagnetic field-induced quenching of the effects of noisy lasers
K. V. Vasavada, Gautam Vemuri, G. S. Agarwal*, Department of Physics, Indiana University-Purdue University, 402 N. Blackford Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202. Internet: gvemuri@indyvax.iupui.edu. *University of Hyderabad, India.

SESSION PL7 [TuA]: ILS PLENARY: 2

8:30
PL7 1 TuA1 (Plenary) Ultrashort pulse lasers that combine versatility with practicality
Wilson Sibbett, University of St. Andrews, UK.

8:00
E4 1 TuG1 (Invited) Diagnosis and imaging using Raman spectroscopy
Michael S. Feld, G.R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139. E-mail: msfeld@mit.edu.

8:30
E4 2 TuG2 (Invited) Native tissue fluorescence in normal, preneoplastic, and neoplastic tissue of the aerodigestive mucosa
Howard E. Savage, Venteswara Kolli, Rajiv Chandawarkar, Jianchun Zhang, John F. Ansley, Robert R. Alfano*, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 425 E. 67 Street, New York, NY 10021. *City College of the City University of New York.

9:00
E4 3 TuG3 Laser fluorescence spectroscopy for detecting early lesions in altherosclerosis
Tami N. Glenn, Alexander A. Oraevsky, Steve L. Jacques*, Frank K. Tittel, Philip D. Henry**, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251. Internet: tami@owlnet.rice.edu. *University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. **Baylor College of Medicine.

9:15
E4 4 TuG4 Fluorescence imaging system for the detection of precancer and cancer of the human cervix
Constantinos Pitris, Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Michelle Follen-Mitchell*, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712. *The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

SESSION E'1 [TuL]: JOINT SYMPOSIUM ON ULTRAFAST LASER SOURCES

9:00
E'1 1 TuL1 (Invited) Fiber-based short-pulse amplification and manipulation circuitry
David J. Richardson, Optoelectronics Research Centre, Southampton University, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK. E-mail: B:d,r@orc.soton.ibm.

10:30
F1 1 TuU1 (Invited) In situ detection of chlorinated hydrocarbons
Donald Lucas, Charles McEnally*, Stephen G. Buckley*, Catherine P. Koshland**, Robert F. Sawyer*, Energy and Environment Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720. E-mail: lucas@ux5.lbl.gov. *Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley. **Department of Biomedical and Environmental Health Science, University of California, Berkeley.

11:00
F1 2 TuU2 Detection of chlorinated hydrocarbons via laser-atomization/LIF
Jay B. Jeffries, Molecular Physics Laboratory, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA 94025. E-mail: Jeffries@MPLVAX.sri.com.

11:15
F1 3 TuU3 Photodissociation and reaction dynamics studied by REMPI and single-photon ionization
Deirdre A. Belle-Oudry, Sunita Satyapal, Thibaud Mussillon, Paul L. Houston, Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853. E-mail: deirdre@chemres.tn.cornell.edu.

11:30
F1 4 TuU4 Study of laser-induced breakdown spectro-scopy in an aerosol
Jagdish P. Singh, Hansheng Zhang, Fang-Yu Yueh, Robert L. Cook, Diagnostic Instrumentation and Analysis Laboratory, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762. E-mail: SING@DIAL.MSSTATE.EDU.

SESSION F2 [TuV]: JOINT SYMPOSIUM ON ULTRASHORT PULSE SOLID-STATE LASERS: 1

10:30
F2 1 TuV1 (Invited) Review of femtosecond pulse generation in solid-state lasers - capabilities and limitations
M.M. Murnane, H.C. Kapteyn, J. Zhou, C.P. Huang, G. Taft, M.T. Asaki, Department of Physics, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2814. E-mail: murnane@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu.

11:00
F2 2 TuV2 Generation of tunable 30-fs pulses by optical parametric amplification
Vladislav V. Iakovlev, Bern Kohler, Kent R. Wilson, Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0339. E-mail: vyakovlev@ucsd.edu.

11:15
F2 3 TuV3 Design of a high-repetition-rate femtosecond optical parametric oscillator-amplifier system operating near 3 microns
Gary R. Holtom, Robert A. Crowell, X. Sunney Xie, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Molecular Science Research Center, P.O. Box 999, MS K2-14, Richland, WA 99352. E-mail: gr_holtom@pnl.pnl.gov.

11:30
F2 4 TuV4 Short pulses from a modelocked Ti:sapphire laser with a solid- state phase modulator
Warren P. Grice, Ian A. Walmsley, The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627. E-mail: wgri@lle.rochester.edu.

11:45
F2 5 TuV5 A generalized radon transform for tomographic measurement of ultrashort optical pulses
Daniel F. V. James, Girish S. Agarwal*, The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627. E-mail: james@moe.optics.rochester.edu. *University of Hyderabad, India.

SESSION F3 [TuW]: PHYSICS OF SOLID-STATE SOURCES AND MATERIALS

10:30
F3 1 TuW1 Direct measurements of lower-level lifetime in Nd:YLF
J.D. Zuegel, W. Seka, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, 250 East River Road, Rochester, NY 14623-1299. E-mail: zuegel@lle.rochester.edu.

10:45
F3 2 TuW2 Site-selective measurements of nonradiative relaxation rates of $^4G_{5/2}+^2G_{7/2}$ multiplet of $Nd^{3+}$ ion in $SrF_{2}:Nd^{3+}$ and $SrF_{2x}:LaF_{3(1-x)}:Nd^{3+}$ laser crystals
Yu.V. Orlovskii, T.T. Basiev, I.N. Vorobev, O.K. Alimov, A.G. Papashvili, V.V. Osiko, Institute of General Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov St., Moscow 117942, GSP-1, Russian Federation. Internet: orlovsk@fft.gpi.msk.su.

11:00
F3 3 TuW3 Energy transfer between thulium and holmium in 2.1-micron laser materials
Kenneth M. Dinndorf, Hans P. Jenssen, Laboratory for Advanced Solid State Laser Materials, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139. Internet: dinndor@eglin.af.mil.

11:15
F3 4 TuW4 Improved Sellmeier coefficients for potassium titanyl arsenate, $KTiOAsO_4$ (KTA)
Dale L. Fenimore, Kenneth L. Schepler, Uma B. Ramabadran, Wright Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433. E-mail: fenimore@elmo.wpafb.af.mi.

11:30
F3 5 TuW5 The role of back conversion in pulsed optical parametric oscillators
Arlee V. Smith, Mark S. Bowers*, Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185. E-mail: arlsmit@sandia.gov. *Aculight Corporation.

11:45
F3 6 TuW6 Pulse dynamics of a synchronously-pumped optical parametric oscillator
E. C. Cheung, Karl Koch, Gerald T. Moore*, Nonlinear Optics Center of Technology, U.S. Air Force Phillips Laboratory, 3550 Aberdeen Avenue, SE, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5776. E-mail: ericchpyap.plk.af.mil. *University of New Mexico.

SESSION F4 [TuX]: SYMPOSIUM ON ADVANCED OPTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS: SPECTROSCOPY: 2

10:30
F4 1 TuX1 (Invited) Medical application of spectroscopies in gynecology and obstetrics
Wenling Glassman, C.H. Liu**, R. Garfield*, M. Byam-Smith*, R.R. Alfano**, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, 6.146 John Sealy, Route #E27, Galveston, TX 77555. *Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. **City University of New York.

11:00
F4 2 TuX2 (Invited) Measurement of optical properties of tissues
Steven L. Jacques, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030. E-mail: slj@laser.mda.uth.tmc.edu.

11:30
F4 3 TuX3 One- and two-photon confocal fluorescence of turbid media
Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Glenn Criswell, Mitch Weikert, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712. E-mail: kortum@ece.utexas.edu.

11:45
F4 4 TuX4 Time-resolved reflectance spectroscopy on tissues with strongly-varying optical properties
Andreas H. Hielscher, Hanli Liu*, Lihong Wang**, Briton Chance*, Steven L. Jacques**, Frank K. Tittel***, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251-1892. Internet: hielsch@laser.mda.uth.tmc.edu. *University of Pennsylvania. **U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. ***Rice University.

13:30
G8 1 TuDD1 (Plenary) Recent Hubble repair mission
Jeffrey Hoffman, National Aeronautic and Space Administration.

14:00
G8 2 TuDD2 From classical to quantum noise
H.A. Haus, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139.

14:15
G8 3 TuDD3 Laser cooling and trapping of atoms
Steven Chu, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.

SESSION G'10 [TuFF]: ILS POSTER SESSION: 1

G'10 1 TuFF1 Femtosecond optical-Kerr-effect studies of confined liquids
Edward L. Quitevis, Manickam Neelakandan, Tracy R. Bryans, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409. E-mail: ufelq@ttacs1.ttu.edu.

G'10 2 TuFF2 Femtosecond optical dynamics of molecular aggregates
Edward L. Quitevis, Manickam Neelakandan, Archita Sepgupta, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409. E-mail: ufelq@ttacs1.ttu.edu.

G'10 3 TuFF3 Oscillation spectrum line natural self-selection of medium- size gas-flow carbon dioxide molecule gas laser with mirror resonator
Yasuyuki Saito, Department of Engineering, Ibaraki University, 4-12-1 Nakanarusawa-cho, Hitachi 316, Japan.

G'10 4 TuFF4 Traverse multi-mode beam unstableness of a medium-size gas- flow carbon dioxide molecule gas laser with mirror resonator and carbon dioxide molecule gas laser high gain
Yasuyuki Saito, Department of Engineering, Ibaraki University, 4-12-1 Nakanarusawa-cho, Hitachi 316, Japan.

G'10 5 TuFF5 Low temperature line-mixing in the Raman Q-Branch of $D_2$
Guy D. Sheldon, S. Hamid Fakhr, P.M. Sinclair, J.R. Drummond, A.D. May, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, 60 St. George Street, Ste. 331, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 1A7. E-mail: dmay@physics.utoronto.ca.

G'10 6 TuFF6 Line broadening and shifting of the Raman Q-branch in D2 at low temperatures
S. Hamid Fakhr, Guy D. Sheldon, P.M. Sinclair, J.R. Drummond, A.D. May, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, 60 St. George Street, Ste. 331, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 1A7. E-mail: dmay@physics.utoronto.ca.

G'10 7 TuFF7 Formation and metastable decomposition of unprotonated ammonia cluster ions upon femtosecond ionization
S. A. Buzza, S. Wei, J. Purnell, A. W. Castleman, Jr., Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802.

G'10 8 TuFF8 Multiple-photon dissociation of Freons
John L. Lyman, Brian E. Newnam, James W. Early, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545. E-mail: lyman@lanl.gov.

G'10 9 TuFF9 Population ratio measurement of low-energy Krypton 5s[3/2] and 5s[1/2] states in the charge-exchange process with Rb
X.-J. Pan, William M. Jr. Fairbank, Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523. I: jpan@lamar.colostate.edu.

G'10 10 TuFF10 State-resolved predissociative dynamics of the vinoxy $(CH_{2}CHO)$ radical
Katherine I. Barnhard, Min He, Provi Mayo, Brad R. Weiner, Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Box 23346, UPR Station, Rio Piedras, PR 00931. E-mail: B_Weiner@UPR1.UPR.CLU.EDU.

G'10 11 TuFF11 State-resolved distributions of nascent $SO(\Chi^{3}\Sigma,v")$ following SO2 photodissociation
Xirong Chen, Fei Wu, Hongxin Wang, Brad R. Weiner, Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, P.O. Box 23346, UPR Station, Rio Piedras, PR 00931. E-mail: B_WEINER@UPR1.UPR.CLU.EDU.

G'10 12 TuFF12 Cavity ringdown laser absorption spectroscopy of $Er(thd)_3$
Mary T. Berry, P. Stanley May, Hong Xu, Department of Chemistry, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069. Internet: MBERRY@CHARLIE.USD.EDU.

G'10 13 TuFF13 Lineshapes of photoassociation spectra of laser-cooled atoms
R. Napolitano, J. Weiner, C.J. Williams*, P.S. Julienne**, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD 20742. E-mail: reginald@annick2.umd.edu. *University of Chicago. **National Institute of Standards and Technology.

G'10 14 TuFF14 Laser ablation of metal particles: mass distribution and kinetic energies of the desorbed species
T. Gotz, W. Hoheisel, M. Stuke*, F. Trager, Fachbereich Physik, Universitit Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Straae 40, 34132 Kassel, Germany. E-mail: hoheisel@physik.uni-kassel.de. *Max-Planck-Institut fur biophysikalische Chemie.

G'10 15 TuFF15 Spectral and spatial characteristics of cascade emissions in Na
M. Bashkansky, P. Battle, R. Mahon, J. Reintjes, Laser Physics Branch, Code 5642, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375.

G'10 16 TuFF16 Remote sensing of propane and methane using differential absorption LIDAR
Narasimha S. Prasad, Allen R. Geiger, Petro- Laser, Inc., Las Cruces, NM 88001. E-mail: nprasad@nmsu.edu.

G'10 17 TuFF17 Deposition of polymer thin films containing metal or semiconductor fine particles by VUV laser ablation
Shingo Inoue, Takeo Fujii, Fumihiko Kannari, Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223, Japan.

G'10 18 TuFF18 Photothermal spectroscopy in an optically-dense flowing medium
Qifang He, Reeta Vyas, R. Gupta, Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701. E-mail: RG_24627@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU.

SESSION PL9 [TuGG]: ILS BANQUET

PL9 1 TuGG1 (Plenary) Perspectives on the changing national environment for research in the physical sciences
William Harris, National Science Foundation.

8:00
H'5 1 WB1 (Invited) Photoluminescence studies of SiC, diamond, and GaN
Jaime A. Freitas, Jr., Sachs/Freeman Associates Inc., Landover, MD 20785-5396. E-mail: FREITAS@bloch.nrl.navy.mil.

8:30
H'5 2 WB2 (Invited) Ultrafast and efficient phosphors from doped nanocrystals of semiconductors
Rameshwar N. Bhargava, Nanocrystals Technology, P.O. Box 820, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510.

9:00
H'5 3 WB3 Spectroscopic studies of rare-earth-implanted III-V nitrides
Robert N. Schwartz, Robert G. Wilson, Ross A. McFarlane, Hughes Research Laboratories, Malibu, CA 90265. Internet: 0004792@msgate.emis.hac.com.

9:15
H'5 4 WB4 Room temperature photoluminescence measurements from crystalline Si nanostructures
Saleem H. Zaidi, An-Shyang Chu, B. Martinez- Torres, K. Jungling, S.R.J. Brueck, Center for High Technology Materials, University of New Mexico, EECE Building Room 125, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0681. E-mail: saleem@chtm.eece.unm.edu.

9:30
H'5 5 WB5 Two-photon spectroscopy of homeoepitaxy ZnSe/ZnCdSe quantum wells
J. Hays, J.J. Song, J.F. Schetzina*, Center for Laser Research and Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078. Internet: U2316aa@vms.ucc.okstate.edu. *North Carolina State University.

10:00
H'5 6 WB6 Color variation in organic electroluminescent semiconductors with patterned microcavities
L.J. Rothberg, A. Dodabalapur, T.M. Miller, AT&T Bell Laboratories, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ 07974. E-mail: ananth@physics.att.com.

10:15
H'5 7 WB7 (Invited) Enhanced performance of polymer light-emitting diodes using polyaniline electrodes
A. J. Heeger, Y. Yang, C. Zhang, UNIAX Corporation, 5375 Overpass Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93111.

SESSION H1 [WG]: SYMPOSIUM ON COHERENT PHENOMENA IN CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS: COHERENT CONTROL

8:30
H1 1 WG1 (Invited) Characterizing the quantum state of a vibrational wavepacket using emission tomography
Ian A. Walmsley, Thomas J. Dunn, Shaul Mukamel*, The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627. *Department of Chemistry.

9:00
H1 2 WG2 (Invited) Coherent control of an atomic wavepacket using shaped light
D. W. Schumacher, J. H. Hoogenraad*, Kent R. Wilson**, P. H. Bucksbaum, Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1120. E-mail: dws@gomez.physics.lsa.umich.edu. *FOM-Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, The Netherlands. **University of California, San Diego.

9:30
H1 3 WG3 Phase-sensitive detection and control of Rydberg electron wavepackets
Michael W. Noel, C. R. Stroud, Jr., Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627. E-mail: noel@optics.rochester.edu.

9:45
H1 4 WG4 Coherent optical control of electronic dynamics in coupled quantum wells: the nonimpulsive regime
P. Hyldgaard, G. D. Sanders, D. H. Reitze, Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611. E-mail: reitz@phys.ufl.edu.

SESSION H2 [WH]: JOINT SYMPOSIUM ON ULTRASHORT PULSE SOLID-STATE LASERS: 2

8:30
H2 1 WH1 (Invited) Dispersion measurements for femtosecond pulse generation and applications
W.H. Knox, AT&T Bell Laboratories, 101 Crawfords Corner Road, Holmdel, NJ 07733. E-mail: 8fs@spin.att.com.

9:00
H2 2 WH2 Complete pulse characterization of shaped femtosecond pulses
Vladislav V. Iakovlev, Kenneth W. Delong*, Bern Kohler, Jeff Squier**, and Rick Trebino*, Department of Chemistry, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0339. *Sandia National Laboratories. **University of Michigan.

9:15
H2 3 WH3 Improved, robust algorithm for frequency-resolved optical gating measurements of ultrashort laser pulses
Kenneth W. DeLong, David N. Fittinghoff, Celso L. Ladera, Rick Trebino, Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, MS 9051, P.O. Box 969, Livermore, CA 94551-0969.

9:30
H2 4 WH4 The effects of noise in frequency-resolved optical gating measurements of ultrashort laser pulses
Kenneth W. DeLong, David N. Fittinghoff, Celso L. Ladera, Rick Trebino, Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, MS 9051, P.O. Box 969, Livermore, CA 94551-0969.

9:45
H2 5 WH5 Ultrafast temporal behavior of laser action of dyes in sand-like powders
Masood Siddique, Q.Z. Wang, C.H. Liu, Robert R. Alfano, Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers, The City College of New York of The City University of New York, New York, NY 10031. E-mail: siddiq@scisun.sci.ccny.cuny.edu.

10:00
H2 6 WH6 Laser action of Rh640 in scattering particle-suspension media
W.L. Sha, C.H. Liu, R.R. Alfano, New York State Center for Advanced Technology for Ultrafast Photonic Material and Applications, Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers, Departments of Physics and Electrical Engineering, The City College and Graduate School of The City University of New York, New York, NY 10031. Net: weili@scisun.sci.ccny.cuny.edu.

10:15
H2 7 WH7 Single-shot intensity and phase measurements of the frequency- doubled output from an ultrashort pulse Ti:sapphire laser system using self-diffraction frequency-resolved optical gating
Tracy Sharp Clement, Daniel J. Kane*, K.W. DeLong**, Rick Trebino**, A.J. Taylor, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS E525, Los Alamos, NM 87545. E-mail: tracyc@lanl.gov. *Southwest Sciences, Inc. **Sandia National Laboratories.

SESSION H3 [WI]: JOINT SYMPOSIUM ON SPECTROSCOPIC APPLICATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: ATMOSPHERIC TRACE GASES AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS

8:30
H3 1 WI1 (Invited) Tunable IR laser differential absorption of atmospheric trace gases
Mark S. Zahniser, David D. Nelson, J. Barry McManus, Paul L. Kebabian, Joda C. Wormhoudt, Joanne H. Shorter, Charles E. Kolb, Aerodyne Research, Inc., 45 Manning Road, Billerica, MA 01821. Internet: mz@aerodyne.com.

9:00
H3 2 WI2 Helium spectroscopy with an InGaAs DBR laser diode
Christopher L. Bohler, Texas Instruments Inc., 2501 W. University, MS 8051, McKinney, TX 75070. I: drcb@timsg.csc.ti.com.

9:15
H3 3 WI3 Diode-laser-based instrumentation for trace gas detection and industrial applications
D.S. Bomse, D.C. Hovde, D.J. Kane, D.B. Oh, J.A. Silver, A.C. Stanton, Southwest Sciences, Inc., 1570 Pacheco Street, Ste. E-11, Santa Fe, NM 87505. E-mail: davidbomse@delphi.com.

9:30
H3 4 WI4 Linewidth measurement using two-tone frequency modulation spectroscopy
W.H. Tam, H.C. Sun, S. McGuire, C.K. Ng, E.A. Whittaker, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 07030. I: ewhittak@vaxc.stevens-tech.edu.

10:00
H3 5 WI5 LIF measurement of Mn, MnO, and reactive-free radicals in flames
Christopher R. Mahon, Gregory P. Smith, Jay B. Jeffries, David R. Crosley, Ulf Westblom*, Felix Fernandex-Alonso**, Molecular Physics Laboratory, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA 94025. E-mail: Jeffries@MPLVAX.sri.com. *Coherent Radiation. **Hamilton College.

SESSION PL43 [WS]: ILS PLENARY: 3

13:00
PL43 1 WS1 (Plenary) Applications of optical trapping to single molecule experiments
Steven Chu, Stanford University, Stanford CA 94305.

14:00
I'1 1 WCC1 (Invited) Coherent control of exciton wavepackets in quantum wells
Martin C. Nuss, AT&T Bell Laboratories, 101 Crawfords Corner Road, Holmdel, NJ 07733-3030. E-mail: nuss@spin.ho.att.com.

14:30
I'1 2 WCC2 (Invited) Automated femtosecond pulse shaping and multiple-pulse femtosecond spectroscopy
Marc M. Wefers, Hitoshi Kawashima, Weining Wang, Keith A. Nelson, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room 2-052, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139. E-mail: mwefers@athena.mit.edu.

15:00
I'1 3 WCC3 Digital signal filtering with femtosecond pulses
V. Narayan, E. M. Dowling, D.L. MacFarlane, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75083. E-mail: dlm@utdallas.edu.

15:15
I'1 4 WCC4 Transverse and temporal beam encoding using bulk CdTe
Abdulatif Y. Hamad, Steve Y. Wang*, James P. Wicksted, Department of Physics, Center for Laser Research, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078. E-mail: JPW519@vms.ucc.okstate.edu. *Tamkang University.

SESSION I'2 [WDD]: SYMPOSIUM ON PARTICLE BEAM-PUMPED LASERS

14:00
I'2 1 WDD1 (Invited) Heavy ion accelerator beam-pumped lasers
A. Ulrich, Fakultt fur Physik E 12, James-Franck-Str. 1, D-85747 Garching, Germany. Internet: ulrich@physik.tu-muenchen.de.

14:30
I'2 2 WDD2 (Invited) Modeling of high pressure rare gas lasers: kinetics and plasma chemistry
Jong W. Shon, Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 969, MS 9043, Livermore, CA 94551-0969. E-mail: jwshon@california.sandia.gov.

15:00
I'2 3 WDD3 (Invited) Fission-fragment pumped lasers
G.A. Hebner, Sandia National Laboratories, Dept. 1128, MS 0601, Albuquerque, NM 87185. Internet: gahebne@sandia.gov.

SESSION I'3 [WEE]: JOINT SYMPOSIUM ON SPECTROSCOPIC APPLICATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: THE USE OF LIDAR FOR ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS: 1

14:00
I'3 1 WEE1 (Invited) Recent lidar studies: from gravity waves in the mesosphere to hydrography in the ocean
Allan I. Carswell, Institute for Space and Terrestrial Science and the Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, 4700 Keele Street, North York, Ontario, Canada, M3J 1P3. Internet: fs300015@sol.yorku.ca.

14:30
I'3 2 WEE2 (Invited) Spatial properties of the atmospheric boundary layer as observed by lidar
Daniel I. Cooper, William Eichinger, Charles Lebeda, David Poling, GEONET Program, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS D436, Los Alamos, NM 87545.

SESSION I'4 [WFF]: SYMPOSIUM ON OPTICAL TWEEZERS

14:00
I'4 1 WFF1 (Invited) Optical force microscope
Lucien P. Ghislain, Watt W. Webb, School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853. I: luc@msc.cornell.edu.

14:30
I'4 2 WFF2 (Invited) Optical tweezers study of muscle contraction at the molecular level
Jeffrey T. Finer, Robert M. Simmons*, James A. Spudich, Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. E-mail: finer@cmgm.stanford.edu. *Kings College London, UK.

15:30
J1 1 WMM1 (Invited) Distributed Bragg pulse shapers
David Brady, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801.

16:00
J1 2 WMM2 (Invited) Temporal imaging of ultrafast waveforms
Brian H. Kolner, Electrical Engineering Department, University of California-Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1594. E-mail: kolner@ee.ucla.edu.

J1 3 WMM3 Paper withdrawn.

16:30
J1 4 WMM4 New techniques of ultrashort pulse-shape reconstruction from frequency-domain measurement
Victor Wong, Ian A. Walmsley, Ken W. DeLong*, Rick Trebino*, The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627. E-mail: vwong.optics.optics.rochester.edu. *Sandia National Laboratories.

16:45
J1 5 WMM5 Parametric amplification of ultrashort pulses in $Al_{x}Ga_{1-x}As$ waveguides
R.P. Espindola, D.Y. Chu, S.L. Wu, M.K. Udo, S.T. Ho, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208. E-mail: sth@eecs.nwu.edu.

17:00
J1 6 WMM6 Multiple scattered light in random media in the presence of metallic particles
Margarita Mihailidi, Q.Z. Wang, R.R. Alfano, Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers, The City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Convent Avenue & 138th Street, New York, NY 10031. E-mail: eemmm@eesiso.emgr.ccny.edu.

SESSION J2 [WNN]: JOINT SYMPOSIUM ON ULTRASHORT PULSE FIBER LASERS

15:30
J2 1 WNN1 (Invited) Femtosecond fiber lasers
Kohichi R. Tamura, Hermann A. Haus, Erich P. Ippen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., 36-355, Cambridge, MA 02139. E-mail: krtamura@mit.edu.

16:00
J2 2 WNN2 Modified harmonically-mode-locked lasers and applications
R.L. Fork, K. Singh, J. Haus, W. Kaechele, M. Nielsen, R.K. Erdmann*, S.T. Johns*, Department of Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180. E-mail: forkr@rpi.edu. *Griffiss Air Force Base.

16:15
J2 3 WNN3 Propagation of Raman solitons in inhomogeneously-broadened media
Arthur R. Luimes, Maharishi International Univeristy, 1000 North 4th Street, FB-1069, Fairfield, IA 52557-1069. E-mail: physgrad@physics.miu.edu.

16:30
J2 4 WNN4 Generation of ultrashort pulses through Raman solitons
Kai J. Druhl, Maharishi International Univeristy, 1000 North 4th Street, FB-1074, Fairfield, IA 52557-1074. E-mail: druhl@physics.miu.edu.

16:45
J2 5 WNN5 Dynamics and statistics of the Stokes pulse formation during stimulated Raman scattering in optical fibers
Clifford Headley, III, Govind P. Agrawal, The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627. E-mail: headley@optics.rochester.edu.

17:00
J2 6 WNN6 Soliton generation in the normal dispersion regime from a continuously frequency-shifted fiber laser
M. Romagnoli, S. Wabnitz, P. Franco*, M. Midrio*, F. Fontana**, Fondazione U. Bordoni, V.B. Castiglione 59, 00142 Rome, Italy. *University of Padova. **Pirelli Cavi.

17:15
J2 7 WNN7 Figure-eight laser simulation
J. Theimer, J.W. Haus, R.L. Fork, Department of Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180. E-mail: hausjj@rpi.edu.

SESSION J3 [WOO]: JOINT SYMPOSIUM ON SPECTROSCOPIC APPLICATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: THE USE OF LIDAR FOR ATMOSPHERIC AMD ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS: 2

15:30
J3 1 WOO1 Lidar for stratospheric aerosol and temperature measurements
J.B. Nee, P.C. Lee, S.B. Lin, Department of Physics, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, 320, ROC. Internet: JBNEE@PHYAST.DNET.NCU.EDU.TW.

15:45
J3 2 WOO2 Overview of backscatter absorption gas imaging (BAGI)
Thomas J. Kulp, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94550.

16:00
J3 3 WOO3 (Invited) New methods for chemical analysis by ultraviolet fluorescence lidar
Philip J. Hargis, Jr., John S. Wagner, Sandia National Laboratories, Lasers, Optics and Remote Sensing, Department 1128, Albuquerque, NM 87185-0601. E-mail: pjhargi@sandia.gov.

16:15
J3 4 WOO4 Air monitoring by line- and continuously-tunable CO2 laser photoacoustic systems
Markus W. Sigrist, Philippe Repond, Marc A. Moeckli, Andreas Thony, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Institute of Quantum Electronics, CH - 8093 Zurich, Switzerland. I: sigrist@iqe.phys.ethz.ch.

16:30
J3 5 WOO5 Atmospheric properties measurements and data collection from a hot air balloon
Steven M. Watson, Robert T. Kroutil*, Trevor Spencer**, Colin Flyn**, Robert Eason***, Timothy Holloway**, Gary Lumsdon****, Pierre Sokolski*****, Stan Thomas*****, Ken C. Herr******, Jeff L. Hall******, G.J. Schere******, and M.L. Polak******, U.S. Air Force, 5948 Southgate Ave., Hill AFB, UT 84056. *U.S. Army. **Defence Research Agency, UK. ***Ministry of Defence, UK. ****Institute of Aviation Medicine (Royal Air Force), UK. *****University of Utah. ******The Aerospace Corporation.

16:45
J3 6 WOO6 The airborne Raman lidar
Wm. S. Heaps, John F. Burris, Laboratory for Atmospheres, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771. Internet: heaps@oz.gsfc.nasa.gov.

17:00
J3 7 WOO7 Laser diode fiber-optic methane sensor for off-shore gas rigs
Antonio Lancia, Giacomo Fusina, Arman Mohebati*, TRI srl - Via A. Moro, 1-24020 Scanzorosciate (BG), Italy. E-mail: tri.srl@galactica.it. *Vuman Lasers Ltd., England.

17:15
J3 8 WOO8 Pulsed photothermal deflection spectroscopy in a solid sample
George L. Bennis, Reeta Vyas, R. Gupta, Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701. I: RG24627@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU.

SESSION J4 [WPP]: JOINT SYMPOSIUM ON MANIPULATION OF ATOMS BY LIGHT: TRAPPING AND COOLING

15:30
J4 1 WPP1 (Invited) A gravitational cavity for atoms
C. Aminoff, P. Bouyer, C. Cohen-Tannoudji, J. Dalibard, P. Desbiolles, A. Steane, P. Szriftgiser, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Ecole Normale Superieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France. E-mail: dalibard@physique.ens.fr.

16:00
J4 2 WPP2 Magneto-optic trap for radioactive rubidium and francium
G. Gwinner, J.A. Behr, S.B. Cahn, A. Ghosh, L.A. Orozco, G.D. Sprouse, J. Urayama, F. Xu, Department of Physics, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-0001. E-mail: gwinner@sbnsld.physics.sunysb.edu.

16:15
J4 3 WPP3 Transfer of laser-cooled atoms into a magnetic trap
Kendall B. Davis, Marc-Oliver Mewes, Michael R. Andrews, Wolfgang Ketterle, Atomic Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307. E-mail: mom@amo.mit.edu.

16:30
J4 4 WPP4 A spin-flip Zeeman slower for the production of intense slow sodium beams
Marc-Oliver Mewes, Kendall B. Davis, Peter Yesley, Michael A. Joffe, David E. Pritchard, Wolfgang Ketterle, Atomic Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307. E-mail: mom@amo.mit.edu.

16:45
J4 5 WPP5 Observation of dynamical localization in atomic momentum transfer
F.L. Moore, J.C. Robinson, C. Bharucha, M.G. Raizen, Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712. E-mail: Raizen@utaphy.ph.utexas.edu.

17:00
J4 6 WPP6 Resonance fluorescence, gain, and momentum diffusion of atoms moving in standing waves of optical fields
M.S. Shahriar, T.W. Lynn*, D.P. Katz*, M.G. Prentiss*, P.R. Hemmer**, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room 26-368, Cambridge, MA 02139, Internet: smshahri@athena.mit.edu. *Harvard University. **Rome Laboratory, Hanscom Air Force Base.

17:15
J4 7 WPP7 The Jaynes-Cummings model with atomic recoil
Eduardo J. D'Angelo, Lorenzo M. Narducci, Frank A. Narducci*, Ping Ru, Donna K. Bandy**, Physics Department, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104. I: eduardo@wotan.physics.drexel.edu. *University of Rochester. **Oklahoma State University

K'10 1 WXX1 Novel intermodal coupling in semiconductor lasers by phase-conjugate optical feedback
George R. Gray, Govind P. Agrawal*, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Utah, 3280 Merrill Engineering Building, Salt Lake City, UT 84112. I: gray@ee.utah.edu. *University of Rochester.

K'10 2 WXX2 Low-phase dispersion measurements of laser cavity components by spectrophotometric resonating technique
Michael A. Bukhshtab, Accurate Optical Measurements Co., 7325-D Mahaffey Drive, New Port Richey, FL 34653.

K'10 3 WXX3 Phase dynamics in nanosecond pulsed-dye amplification
N. Melikechi, S. Gangopadhyay, E.E. Eyler, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716. I: gwi05903@udelvm.udcl.edu. Supported by the National Science Foundation.

K'10 4 WXX4 An optimization in differential thermal lens technique for studying nonlinear absorption
A. Marcano, O. J. Castillo*, V. Kozich**, E. Hernand*, Centro de F!sica, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, Caracas 1020A, Apartado 21827, Venezuela. *Universidad Central de Venezuela. **Academy of Sciences of Belarus.

K'10 5 WXX5 Spectroscopic characterization of Nd:S-VAP
Dhiraj K. Sardar, Peter D. Bella, Division of Earth and Physical Sciences, University of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 North Loop 1604 West, San Antonio, TX 78249-0663. E-mail: dsardar@pclen.utsa.edu.

K'10 6 WXX6 The optical nonlinearity of titanium and gold ion-implanted fused silica
Z. Pan, S.H. Morgan, R.H. Magruder, III*, R.A. Zuhr**, Physics Department, Fisk University, Nashville, TN 37208. *Vanderbilt University. **Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

K'10 7 WXX7 Polycarbonate-based photorefractive materials
Ryszard Burzynski, Yue Zhang, Saswati Ghosal, Laser Photonics Technology, Inc., 1576 Sweet Home Road, Amherst, NY 14228. E-mail: cheburzy@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu.

K'10 8 WXX8 Laser-induced photobleaching in (need symbol)-irradiated doped fluorite: fabrication of absorbing layers with variable transmission in visible and near-IR regions
Svetlana G. Lukishova, Ekaterina A. Magulariya*, Institute of Radioengineering & Electronics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Mokhovaya 11, Moscow 103907, Russia. E-mail: lab221@ire.uuco.free.msk.su. *Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology.

K'10 9 WXX9 Fokker-Planck equation for a single two-level atom inside a cavity
C. Wang, Reeta Vyas, Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701. E-mail: RV24533@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU.

K'10 10 WXX10 Difference frequency generation in creation of a high- resolution mid-IR spectrophotometer and its use in the $v_2$ spectrum of HCCN6
Wade C. Eckhoff, Charles E. Miller, Robert F. Curl, Frank K. Tittel, Rice Quantum Institute, Rice University, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251. Internet: wade@katzo.rice.edu.

K'10 11 WXX11 Optical parametric interaction in $Nd:MgO:LiNbO_3$
Narasimha S. Prasad, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88001. E-mail: nprasad@nmsu.edu.

SESSION PL44 [ThA]: ILS PLENARY: 4

8:00
PL44 1 ThA1 (Plenary) Molecular hydrogen: investigating the spectroscopy, decay dynamics, and reactions of the excited states in the age of the laser
Patricia M. Dehmer, Argonne National Laboratory, Bldg. 203-Room B161, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439. Bitnet: PMDehmer@anl.gov.

9:00
L'3 1 ThN1 Multiple resonance spectroscopy of $^7Li_2$
K. Urbanski, A. Yiannopoulou, A. M. Lyyra, Li Li*, Department of Physics, Temple University, Barton Hall 009-00, Philadelphia, PA 19122. E-mail: V1778G@VM.TEMPLE.EDU. *Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China

9:15
L'3 2 ThN2 High resolution cw multiphoton laser spectroscopy of high-lying Rydberg and doubly-excited states of 7Li2
A. Yiannopoulou, B. Ji*, K. Urbanski, Li Li**, A. M. Lyyra, W. C. Stwalley*, Department of Physics, Temple University, Barton Hall 009-00, Philadelphia, PA 19122. E-mail: v1509g@vm.temple.edu. *University of Connecticut. **Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics and Tsinghua University, China.

9:30
L'3 3 ThN3 Quantum state selected photodissociation of $K_2$
B. Ji, W.C. Stwalley, P.D. Kleiber*, A. Yiannopoulou**, A.M. Lyyra**, Physics Department, University of Connecticut, 2152 Hillside Road, Storrs, CT 06269. *University of Iowa. **Temple University.

10:00
L'3 4 ThN4 Rotationally-resolved excitation spectrum of $Hg_2$
W. Kedzierski, A. Czajkowski, J. Supronowicz, J.B. Atkinson, L. Krause, Department of Physics, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4.

SESSION L'4 [ThO]: JOINT SYMPOSIUM ON MANIPULATION OF ATOMS WITH LIGHT: NANOKELVIN COOLING: 1

9:00
L'4 1 ThO1 (Invited) Raman cooling below the recoil limit
Heun Jin Lee, Nir Davidson, C.S. Adams, Mark Kasevich, Steven Chu, Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-4060.

9:30
L'4 2 ThO2 (Invited) Adiabatic cooling of atoms trapped in an optical lattice
R.J.C. Spreeuw, P.S. Jessen*, A. Kastberg**, W.D. Phillips**, S.L. Rolston**, Fakultt f
r Physik, University of Konstanz, Postfach 5560, M696, D-78434 Konstanz, Germany. Internet: spreeuw@spock.physik.uni-konstanz.de. *University of Arizona. **National Institute of Standards and Technology.

10:00 - Coffee Break

10:30
M1 1 ThU1 (Invited) Development and applications of a plasma waveguide for intense laser pulses
Charles G. Durfee, James Lynch, Howard M. Milchberg, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, MD 20742. Internet: cdurfee@wam.umd.edu.

11:00
M1 2 ThU2 (Invited) Generation and measurement of femtosecond vacuum UV pulses
R. Sauerbrey, Institut f
r Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universitt Jena, Max-Wien-Platz 1, D-07743 Jena, Germany. E-mail: OSR@rz.uni-jena.de.

11:30
M1 3 ThU3 Relativistic ponderomotive acceleration of electrons from a laser focus
C.I. Moore, J.P. Knauer, D.D. Meyerhofer, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, 250 East River Road, Rochester, NY 14623-1299. E-mail: ddm@lle.rochester.edu.

11:45
M1 4 ThU4 LISP: laser impulse space propulsion
Claude R. Phipps, Chemistry and Laser Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545.

SESSION M2 [ThV]: JOINT SYMPOSIUM ON ULTRAFAST DIODE LASER SOURCES: 1

10:30
M2 1 ThV1 (Invited) High-power mode-locked semiconductor lasers
Alan Mar, John Bowers, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106.

11:00
M2 2 ThV2 (Invited) Semiconductor laser amplifier dynamics and femtosecond hybrid mode-locked lasers
A. Dienes, J.P. Heritage, M.Y. Hong, Y.H. Chang, P.J. Delfyett*, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA 95616. *Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers (CREOL).

11:30
M2 3 ThV3 Characteristics of pulses from passively mode-locked semiconductor lasers
Randal A. Salvatore, Thomas Schrans, Amnon Yariv, Department of Applied Physics, 128-95, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125. Internet: randysal@cco.caltech.edu.

11:45
M2 4 ThV4 Ultrafast gain dynamics in InGaAlP lasers
J. A. Tatum, M. Hofmann*, J. Sacher*, D.L. MacFarlane, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75083. E-mail: dlm@utdallas.edu. *Phillips University, Germany.

SESSION M3 [ThW]: JOINT SYMPOSIUM ON NOVEL LASER TECHNIQUES FOR CLUSTER SPECTROSCOPY: 1

10:30
M3 1 ThW1 (Invited) pectroscopy of metal ion complexes
Michael A. Duncan, Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. Internet: maduncan@ uga.cc.uga.edu.

11:00
M3 2 ThW2 Potential energy of $M(np^2P).RG(^2)$ excited state and $M^+.RG$ ground states (M=Li,Na; RG=He,Ne)
Solomon Bililign, Maciej Gutowski*, Jack Simons**, W.H. Breckenridge**, Department of Physics, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC 27411. Internet: BILILIGN@NCAT.EDU. *IBM Research Division. **University of Utah.

11:15
M3 3 ThW3 Double-resonance studies of CH-Ne and CN-Ne Van der Waals complexes
William H. Basinger, William E. Lawrence, Udo Schnupf, Michael C. Heaven, Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322. E-mail: CHEMMH@EMRXCC.

11:30
M3 4 ThW4 Using broadly-tunable OPO technology to capture the $CH_3I^-$ electron-molecule scattering complex at the "half-collision",
David Serxner, Christopher Bailey, Donna Cyr, Georgina Scarton, Mark A. Johnson, Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven CT 06511.

SESSION M4 [ThX]: JOINT SYMPOSIUM ON MANIPULATION OF ATOMS WITH LIGHT: NANOKELVIN COOLING: 2

10:30
M4 1 ThX1 (Invited) Laser cooling by coherent population trapping in 1, 2, and 3 dimensions
J. Lawall, F. Bardou, B. Saubamea, K. Shimizu, M. Leduc, A. Aspect, C. Cohen-Tannoudji, College de France et Laboratoire Kastler Brossel de l Ecole Normale Superieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.

11:00
M4 2 ThX2 Transient heating and cooling in travelling-wave velocity- selective coherent population trapping
M.S. Shahriar, M.G. Prentiss*, P.R. Hemmer**, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room 26-368, Cambridge, MA 02139. Internet: smshahri@athena.mit.edu. *Harvard University. **Rome Laboratory, Hanscom Air Force Base.

SESSION PL45 [ThDD]: ILS PLENARY: 5

13:00
PL45 1 ThDD1 (Plenary) Precision spectroscopy of hydrogen
T. W. Hansch, Max-Planck-Institut f
r Quantenoptik, 85748 Garching, Germany.

13:30
N1 1 ThKK1 (Invited) Dynamics of subpicosecond laser plasmas using two collinear high-intensity pulses
C.Y. Cote, J.C. Kieffer, M. Chaker, O. Peyrusse*, INRS-Energie et Materiaux, 1650 Montee Ste-Julie, Varennes, Canada J3X 1S2. E-mail: cote@inrsener.uquebec.ca. *CEA-Limeil, Villeneuve St-Georges, France.

14:00
N1 2 ThKK2 Giant local-field fluctuations and production of plasmas at rough surfaces by femtosecond pulses
Mark I. Stockman, Lakshmi N. Pandey, Leonid S. Muratov, Thomas F. George, Departments of Physics and Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164. E-mail: stockman@Jaguar.csc.wsu.Edu.

14:15
N1 3 ThKK3 High-order harmonic generation at metal surfaces
T. Tsang, T. Srinivasan-Rao, J. Fischer, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973. Internet: Tsang@BNLCL1.BNL.GOV.

14:00
O'2 1 ThQQ1 (Invited) Ultrafast nonlinear refractive index dynamics in active semiconductor waveguides
C.T. Hultgren, E.P. Ippen, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 36-325, Cambridge, MA 02139. E-mail: charlie7@athena.mit.edu.

14:30
O'2 2 ThQQ2 Femtosecond pulse dynamics in semiconductor amplifiers
R.A. Indik, A. Knorr*, R. Binder**, J.V. Moloney, W.W. Chow*** and S.W. Koch****, Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721. E-mail: jml@math.arizona.edu. *Philipps Universitat Marburg, Germany. **Optical Sciences Department. ***Sandia National Laboratory. ****Philipps Universitat Marburg, Germany.

14:45
O'2 3 ThQQ3 Frequency chirp reduction in two-section distributed feedback lasers by nonuniform current injection
J. Feng, T.R. Chen, B. Zhao, A. Yariv, California Institute of Technology, MS 128-95, Pasadena, CA 91125-0001. E-mail: jfeng@cco.caltech.edu.

15:00
O'2 4 ThQQ4 All-optical, high-speed InGaAs/GaAs MQW reflection modulator for a high-intensity probe beam at 1.064 mm
J.D. Berger, D. Boggavarapu, H.M. Gibbs, G. Khitrova, Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721. E-mail: jberger@ccit.arizona.edu.

SESSION O'3 [ThRR]: JOINT SYMPOSIUM ON NOVEL LASER TECHNIQUES FOR CLUSTER SPECTROSCOPY: 2

14:00
O'3 1 ThRR1 (Invited) Fullerene ions
Robert N. Compton, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6125. Ethernet: AHD@STC10.CTD.ORNL.GOV.

14:30
O'3 2 ThRR2 Second-harmonic generation of supported metal clusters
M. Buck*, Chr. Dressler*, T. Gotz, W. Hoheisel, F. Trager, Fachbereich Physik, Universitat Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Strasse 40, 34132 Kassel, Germany. E-mail:hoheisel@physik.uni-kassel.de. *Universitat Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.

14:45
O'3 3 ThRR3 Characteristics of matrix-assisted UV laser desorption/ ionization mass spectroscopy of large biomolecules
Indral K. Perera, Peter E. Dyer, Stamatina Kantartzoglou, Department of Applied Physics, University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX, England.

SESSION O'4 [ThSS]: JOINT SYMPOSIUM ON MANIPULATION OF ATOMS BY LIGHT: ATOM OPTICS AND INTERFEROMETRY 1

14:00
O'4 1 ThSS1 (Invited) Precision measurements with atom interferometry
Brenton C. Young, Martin Weitz, Steven Chu, Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-4060. I: bcyoung@leland.stanford.edu.

14:30
O'4 2 ThSS2 Study of momentum transfer with laser-cooled atoms
J.C. Robinson, C. Bharucha, F.L. Moore, M.G. Raizen, Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712. E-mail: Raizen@utaphy.ph.utexas.edu.

14:45
O'4 3 ThSS3 Laser cooling of aluminum atoms at 309 nm
Roger McGowan, Siu Au Lee, Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523. Internet: rmcgowan@lamar.colostate.edu.

3:00 - Coffee Break

15:30
P1 1 ThXX1 (Invited) New aspects in the modeling of ultrashort plasmas spectroscopy
O. Peyrusse, CEA-Limeil, 94195 Villeneuve-St- Georges, Cedex, France. E-mail: peyrusse@limeil.cea.fr.

16:00
P1 2 ThXX2 (Invited) Ultrashort pulse laser-solid interactions at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ultrashort pulse laser
Ronnie Shepherd, Dwight Price, Gary Guethlein, Bruce Young, Jim Dunn, Richard More, Rosemary Walling, Albert Osterheld, Bill White, William Goldstein, Richard Stewart, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, L-43, Livermore, CA 94551.

16:30
P1 3 ThXX3 Asymmetries in plasma-broadened x-ray lineshapes
R.C. Mancini, D.P. Kilcrease*, J. Abdallah, Jr.*, Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557. E-mail: rcman@unrlaser.physics.unr.edu. *Los Alamos National Laboratory.

16:45
P1 4 ThXX4 Electron kinetic simulations of high-intensity, ultrashort pulse laser-matter interaction
S. Ethier, J.P. Matte, J.C. Kieffer, M. Chaker, O. Peyrusse*, INRS-Energie et Materiaux, 1650 Montee Ste-Julie, Varennes, Canada J3X 1S2. E-mail: ethier@inrs-ener.uquebec.ca. *CEA-Limeil, France.

SESSION P2 [ThYY]: JOINT SYMPOSIUM ON APPLICATIONS OF LASER MATERIALS PROCESSING

15:30
P2 1 ThYY1 (Invited) Permanently electrically-conducting polymers generated by ultraviolet laser pulses
R. Sauerbrey, Institute fur Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena, Max-Wein-Platz 1, D-07743 Jena, Germany. E-mail: OSR@rz.uni-jena.de.

16:00
P2 2 ThYY2 (Invited) Pulsed-laser ablation
D. Bauerle, Angewandte Physik, Johannes-Kepler-Universitat, Altenberger Strre. 69, Linz, Austria A4040. E-mail: dieter.baeuerle@jk.uni-linz.ac.at.

16:30
P2 3 ThYY3 Noncontact investigation of surface-coating adhesion by laser-induced acoustic waves
Markus W. Sigrist, Peter Weiss, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Institute of Quantum Electronics, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland. I: sigrist@iqe.phys.ethz.ch.

16:45Z
P2 4 ThYY4 Optical probing of the temperature and pressure transients at a liquid-solid interface due to pulsed laser-induced vaporization
Hee K. Park, Costas P. Grigoropoulos, Oguz Yavas*, Chie C. Poon**, and Andrew C. Tam**, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720. I: hkpark@euler.berkeley.edu. *University of Konstanz, Germany. **IBM Almaden Research Center.

17:00
P2 5 ThYY5 Laser-induced photobleaching in $\Gamma$-irradiated doped $\Omega$uorite: fabrication of absorbing layers with variable transmission in visible and near-IR regions
S.G. Lukishova, E.A. Magulariya*, Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 11 Mokhovaya, 103907, Moscow, Russia. E-mail: lab221ire.uucp.free.msk.su. *Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.

SESSION P3 [ThZZ]: JOINT SYMPOSIUM ON NOVEL LASER TECHNIQUES FOR CLUSTER SPECTROSCOPY: 3

15:30
P3 1 ThZZ1 (Invited) Cavity ringdown laser absorption spectroscopy: a new analytical technique for cluster science
Jim J. Scherer, Josh B. Paul, Anthony O'Keefe*, Richard J. Saykally, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1460. Bitnet: rjs@hydrogen.cchem.berkeley.edu. *Los Gatos Research.

16:00
P3 2 ThZZ2 Cavity ringdown absorption spectroscopy of halogen systems
Richard A. Loomis, Rebecca L. Schwartz, Marsha I. Lester, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323. I: lester@a.chem.upenn.edu.

16:15
P3 3 ThZZ3 (Invited) Time-resolved photochemistry in ionic clusters
W. Carl Lineberger, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado and Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, Boulder, CO 80309-0440.

16:45
P3 4 ThZZ4 (Invited) Cluster anion formation by state-selected Rydberg electron transfer
Howard S. Carman, Jr., Chemical Physics Section, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6125. Internet: carmanhsjr@ornl.gov.

16:45
P3 5 ThZZ5 Laser-induced polymerization within clusters
S. Desai, C.S. Feigerle, J.C. Miller, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6125. Ethernet: MILLERJC@ORNL.GOV.

SESSION P4 [ThAAA]: JOINT SYMPOSIUM ON MANIPULATION OF ATOMS BY LIGHT: ATOM OPTICS AND INTERFEROMETRY: 2

15:30
P4 1 ThAAA1 (Invited) Interferometry with atoms and molecules
Michael S. Chapman, Christopher R. Ekstrom, Jorg Schmiedmayer, Troy D. Hammond, Stefan Wehinger, David E. Pritchard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 26-240, Cambridge, MA 02139.

16:00
P4 2 ThAAA2 A dark-state atom interferometer
Lori S. Goldner, S.L. Rolston, W.D. Phillips, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. E-mail: lori@nist.gov.

16:15
P4 3 ThAAA3 Traveling-wave-induced nonadiabatic transitions in blazed grating atomic beamsplitter
K.S. Johnson, A.P. Chu, M.S. Shariar*, K. Berggren, M.G. Prentiss, Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138. E-mail: Kent@Atomsun.Harvard.Edu. *Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

16:30
P4 4 ThAAA4 Measurement-induced localization of atoms in an optical cavity: a quantum-trajectory-approach
A.M. Herkommer, H.J. Carmichael*, W.P. Schleich**, Abteilung f
r Quantenphysik, Universitt Ulm, D-89069 Ulm, Germany.

16:45
P4 5 ThAAA5 Velocity selection in Bragg scattering of atoms
David M. Giltner, Siu Au Lee, Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523. Internet: dgiltner@lamar.colostate.edu.

17:00
P4 6 ThAAA6 New results on a cesium atomic fountain
Ph. Laurent, S. Ghezali, G. Santarelli, S. Lea, M. Bahoura, A. Clairon, Laboratoire Primaire du Temps et des Frequences (LPTF), BNM, Observatoire de Paris, 61 av. del Observatoire, 75014 Paris, France.

17:15
P4 7 ThAAA7 Analog of paramagnetic phase transitions in atom traps
Jonathan P. Dowling, Charles M. Bowden, U.S. Army Missile Command, AMSMI-RD-WS-ST, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5428. Internet: jpd2@aip.org.

8:30
Q6 1 FD1 (Invited) Combining atoms into molecules with laser light
D. J. Heinzen, R.A. Cline, J.D. Miller, Department of Physics, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712. E-mail: Heinzen@utaphy.ph.utexas.edu.

9:00
Q6 2 FD2 (Invited) Two-color photoassociative ionization: dynamics in ultracold collisions
V. Bagnato, L. Marcassa, S. Z!lio, Y. Wang*, J. Weiner*, University of Sao Paulo, IFQSC - DFCM, S. Carlos, SP - Cx., Postal 369, 13560-970, Brazil. *University of Maryland.

9:30
Q6 3 FD3 (Invited) Collisions of magneto-optically-trapped lithium atoms
Randall G. Hulet, N.W.M. Ritchie, E.R.I. Abraham, W.I. McAlexander, Department of Physics and Rice Quantum Institute, Rice University, Houston, TX 77251. Internet: randy@atomcool.rice.edu.

SESSION Q1 [FE]: JOINT SYMPOSIUM ON HIGH-FIELD LASER-MATTER PHYSICS: ATOMS AND MOLECULES 1

8:30
Q1 1 FE1 (Invited) A time-dependent view of strong-field multiphoton physics
Kenneth C. Kulander, Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics Group, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551. E-mail: kulander@llnl.gov.

9:00
Q1 2 FE2 (Invited) Imaging photoelectrons from strong field ionization
Hanspeter Helm, SRI International.

9:30
Q1 3 FE3 (Invited) High sensitivity studies of above-threshold ionization
B. Sheehy, Department of Chemistry, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973. Bitnet: sheehy@BNLC.

SESSION Q3 [FF]: JOINT SYMPOSIUM ON HIGH RESOLUTION TIME-DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY

8:30
Q3 1 FF1 (Invited) Structural measurements of isolated polar clusters
Michael R. Topp, John R. Stratton, Brian A. Pryor, Philip G. Smith, Thomas Troxler, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323. Internet: topp@a.chem.upenn.edu.

9:00
Q3 2 FF2 (Invited) Controlling molecular energy levels with shaped pulses
W.S. Warren, Department of Chemistry and the Princeton Center for Photonics and Opto-Electronic Materials, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-1009. E-mail: WWARREN@PUCC.Princeton.edu.

9:30
Q3 3 FF3 Lower-dimensional dispersive transport in Cd(S,Se) nanocrystallite doped glasses
G. Beadie*, E. Sauvain**, N.M. Lawandy, Department of Physics and Division of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912. *Department of Physics. **Department of Engineering.

9:45
Q3 4 FF4 High-speed time-domain holographic image storage
X.A. Shen, Y.S. Bai, R. Kachru, Molecular Physics Laboratory, SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025. E-mail: shen@mplvax.sri.com.

SESSION Q'2 [FK]: JOINT SYMPOSIUM ON SINGLE MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY: 1

9:00
Q'2 1 FK1 (Invited) External field effects and imaging of single molecules in solids
Urs P. Wild, Physical Chemistry Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH-8092 Z
rich, Switzerland. E-mail: wild@ppc.lpc.ethz.ch.

9:30
Q'2 2 FK2 (Invited) Spectral diffusion of individual molecules in solids: theory and experiment
J.L. Skinner, Philip Reilly, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706. E-mail: skinner@chem.wisc.edu.

10:30
R6 1 FP1 (Invited) Radiative escape collisions of laser-cooled atoms
Y.B. Band, I. Tuvi, K.-A. Suominen*, K. Burnett*, P.S. Julienne**, Departments of Chemistry and Physics, Ben-Gurion Univeristy, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel. E-mail: band@bguvms.bgu.ac.il. *University of Oxford, UK. **National Insitute of Standards and Technology.

11:00
R6 2 FP2 Novel intensity dependence of ultracold collisions involving repulsive states
Samir Bali, Dominik Hoffmann, Thad Walker, Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, 1150 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706. E-mail: samirbal@macc.wisc.edu.

11:15
R6 3 FP3 Minimizing the effects of hyperfine interactions on collisions between optically-trapped atoms
T. Walker, D. Hoffmann, M. Peters*, J. Tobiason**, Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, 1150 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706. E-mail: walker@uwnuc0.physics.wisc.edu. *Rijks Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands. **Sandia National Laboratories.

SESSION R1 [FQ]: JOINT SYMPOSIUM ON HIGH-FIELD LASER-MATTER PHYSICS: ATOMS AND MOLECULES 2

10:30
R1 1 FQ1 (Invited) $H_2^+$ in intense radiation fields: from exotic decomposition to stabilization
Andre D. Bandrauk, Stephan Chelkowski, Tao Zuo, Laboratoire de Chimie Theorique, Universite de Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1K 2R1, Canada. Bitnet: kcya@udesvm.

11:00
R1 2 FQ2 Absolute conversion efficiency measurements of very high-order harmonic radiation
T. Ditmire, J.K. Crane, H. Nguyen, L.B. DaSilva, M.D. Perry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, L-443, Livermore, CA 94550.

11:15
R1 3 FQ3 (Invited) Control of atoms and molecules with phase-coherent two-color radiation fields
P.H. Bucksbaum, D.W. Schumacher, Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1120. E-mail: phil@gomez.physics.lsa.umich.edu.

SESSION R2 [FR]: SYMPOSIUM ON SINGLE-MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY: 2

10:30
R2 1 FR1 (Invited) Correlation effects in single-molecule fluorescence
M. Orrit, J. Bernard, L. Fleury, R. Brown, University of Bordeaux and CNRS, 351 Cours de la Liberation, 33405 Talence, France.

11:00
R2 2 FR2 (Invited) Vibrational spectroscopy of single molecules in solids
Anne B. Myers, Paul Tchenio*, Marek Z. Zgierski**, W.E. Moerner***, Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627-0216. I: amye@db2.cc.rochester.edu. *Laboratoire A. Cotton, CNRS II, Universite Paris XI, France. **Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council, Canada. ***IBM Almaden Research Center.

11:30
R2 3 FR3 Probing single-molecule dynamics
X. Sunney Xie, Robert C. Dunn, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Molecular Science Research Center, P.O. Box 999, Richland, WA 99352. E-mail: xs_xie@pnl.gov.

11:45
R2 4 FR4 Saturation and near-field spectroscopy of single molecules
W. E. Moerner, Taras Plakhotnik*, Thomas Irngartinger*, Urs P. Wild*, Dieter Pohl**, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA. E-mail: moerner@almaden.ibm.com. *Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH-Zurich, Switzerland. **IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Ruschlikon, Switzerland.

SESSION R3 [FS]: LINEAR AND NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES AND MATERIALS

10:30
R3 1 FS1 Transient mirrorless bistability in a Benzporphyrin compound
F. J. Aranda, D.V.G.L.N. Rao, D.E. Remy*, M. Nakashima*, J.F. Roach*, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA 02125. *U.S. Army Natick Research, Development and Engineering Center.

10:45
R3 2 FS2 Large third-order nonlinearities of metal-free phthalocyanines films
Hossin Abdeldayem, Curtis Banks, Roslin Hicks, Benjamin G. Penn, Donald O. Frazier, NASA-Marshal Space Flight Center, Space Science Lab, ES 75, Building 4481, Huntsville, AL 35812.

11:00
R3 3 FS3 Nonlinear optical measurements on molybdenum-based metal- organics
Tiani Zhai, Chris M. Lawson, Guy E. Burgess, David C. Gale, Gary M. Gray*, Department of Physics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1300 University Boulevard, Birmingham, AL 35294-1170. E-mail: lawson@phy.uab.edu. *Department of Chemistry.

11:15
R3 4 FS4 Study on orientational phase transition in fullerene films by monitoring second-harmonic generation
Yanghua Liu, Hongbing Jiang, Jiabiao Zheng, Wencheng Wang, Laboratory of Laser Physics and Optics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.

11:30
R3 5 FS5 Temporal nonlinear optical resposnes of C60- and C70-toluene solutions
R. Dorsinville, Lina Yang, R. R. Alfano, Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers, Center for Advance Technology for Photonic Materials and Applications, Center for Analysis of Structures and Interfaces, Departments of Electrical Engineering and Physics, The City College and Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 138th and Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031. E-mail: ees2c5@engr.ccny.cuny.edu.

11:45
R3 6 FS6 Z-scan and optical limiting using elliptical Gaussian beams
S. M. Mian, J.P. Wicksted, D.H. Blackburn*, Center for Laser Research and Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078. E-mail: JPW519@vms.ucc.okstate.edu. *National Institute of Standards and Technology.

12:00
R3 7 FS7 Ellipsometric and structural analyses of nitrogen-doped amorphous hydrogenated carbon films
J.N. Johnson, R. Ramamurthi, A.J. Cunningham, D.M. Byrne, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75083. E-mail: jjohnson@utdallas.edu.